Big Boy's Birthday

I'm sure this LotV stamp was designed with children in mind but I know Dad is a massive football fan and so I thought I would make a card for him with it (and he is 65 next birthday- soon!).  The card follows the current Sketch Saturday layout.

The papers I used on this card are actually Papermania Christmas ones but I thought the spots and stripes in these colours could be extended to any occasion.  I added detail by stamping 'Happy Birthday' (Stamplorations stamp) and footballs (part of the main image).

Simple thankyous

I thought I would use the current Retrosketches layout as inspiration for making a couple of simple thankyou cards with Clare Llyod's Paperartsy stamps.

 

Forever Friends Thankyous

Thankyou cards come in very handy this time of year and so I dusted off this Forever Friends stamp to make these two cards.  They follow the layout for the current Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge.

 

Cow Scene

When I was choosing 7 images from Bugaboo (part of a recent prize) I fell for this cow scene.  I thought it was so fun.

 

Warm and Cosy Christmas wishes

Another go with air drying clay and this time I pinched some cookie cutters from Mum to make some mini bunting.  It's subtle and could do with more vibrant colouring, but as a learner I think it is OK.

I used Clare Llyod's paperartsy stamps to add more of the details and Fireworks ink sprays (after a layer of clear gloss for resist) for colouring.

The snowman and the yogurt pot!

I think (know) I must be going slightly strange when I was thinking of what I could make for a Facebook group challenge (Mini Marvels Christmas challenge) and saw a yogurt pot that Mum had recently finished with.
Washed out, with the card label removed:

 Stamping with acrylic paints and Staz on, washi tape, cutting out into circles and stringing together with buttons led to this little fellow:

Waste not want not!

Christmas Angels

I thought I would give air drying clay a go.  I used it years ago and found it to be not that easy to work with.  I have to admit, on second attempt it wasn't much better. 
I saw similar angel designs on Pinterest, but these are my own interpretation.  The stamping was done using Clare Llyod's Paperartsy stamps.

 

Howdy Partner!

I got given some really cool little boy themed stamps from a friend a while ago (thankyou!) and thought it was about time I tried out this little cowboy for size.  The card follows the current Sweet Sketch Wednesday layout.

 

Wine cork Decorations

I'd not really seen crafting with wine corks until the FB Mini Marvels Christmas challenge but they really caught my interest.  Having talked to Mum since, apparently we used to make figures out of old wine corks as children.  Here I have made two Santa's out of two Champagne-style corks.  The first I added most of the details using quilling- not done that in a while!  The hair is toy stuffing.

 For the second I went for a whimsical design with long limbs.  The hat is made from felt this time.

 

Fizzy Moon and Flowers

Whoppee!  I won one of the prizes in last weeks Mojo Monday challenge.  Sooooo looking forward to getting my Verve stamps :-)
I made these card using the current Mojo Monday sketch.  Thought they might work for 'Thankyou' cards.